On July 4, 2024, at approximately 3:00 p.m., Kansas City police responded to a shooting near East 69th Street and Brooklyn Avenue. Upon arrival, officers discovered 32-year-old Cortez Jawan Caples unresponsive on the sidewalk in front of a residence. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Preliminary investigations suggest that Caples was involved in an interaction with one or more unknown individuals, which escalated into gunfire. As of now, authorities have not reported any arrests or
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